In the wake of an attack on an apparent Taliban attack on a police station in the Kunar Province, NATO warplanes bombed a group of small children between the ages of 6-12, killing six of them and wounding one other.
The children were collecting scrap metal on a nearby mountain. There were apparently no Taliban at the site of the attack, according to local police. NATO said it was “aware” of the reports and is investigating.
The attack is the latest in a growing number of air strikes by NATO troops which have killed civilians in recent days. Last weekend a pair of strikes in Farah and Jowzjan Provinces killed three civilians and three police, respectively. NATO is still investigating those killings as well.
The apparent escalation of such incidents since Gen. David Petraeus took over command in Afghanistan points to a shift toward a more reckless policy, which threatens to further fuel anti-occupation sentiments in Afghanistan.
An easy prediction: no one from Obama on down will be held accountable for this absurd use of airpower against helpless civilians.
Imagine for a moment how you'd feel seeing your child being obliterated by 500lb bombs. Might you be a tad bit upset? Heck, you might even be tempted to join an insurgency to rid your country of an illegal military occupation.
The absurd "war on terror" will never end with idiotic policies like this.
Seems the only hearts and minds the Pentagon/Nato are interested in are the ones they can splatter.
Didn't they execute Nazi war criminals for this kind of stuff? Oh yea, they lost their immoral, unjustified and aggressive war and they were convicted of war crimes. But when there is no one moral enough and strong enough to bring the guilty to justice, they literally get away with murder. God forbid it.
Imagine this. You are wlaking down the street and see a child lying bleeding in the middle of the road. Your buddy rushes over to help the child and is blown up by the IED attached to its body. You never feel the same about children again. This is what is happening to our troops EVERY DAY. Now I am not condoning bombing innocent civilians, but I also do not condone calling troops baby killers. Grow up and learn the facts.